Event: | Women's hammer throw |
Games: | 2024 Summer |
Venue: | Stade de France, Paris, France |
Win Value: | 76.97 m |
Win Label: | Winning distance |
Gold: | Camryn Rogers |
Goldnoc: | CAN |
Silver: | Annette Echikunwoke |
Silvernoc: | USA |
Bronze: | Zhao Jie |
Bronzenoc: | CHN |
Prev: | 2020 |
Next: | 2028 |
The women's hammer throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 4 and 6 August 2024. This was the 7th time that the event is contested at the Summer Olympics.
World record holder, triple defending champion Anita Włodarczyk returns for a fourth. She will turn 39 two days after competition. The rest of the podium Wang Zheng and Malwina Kopron are also back. World leader and #3 of all time Brooke Andersen would ordinarily be the favorite, but she couldn't land a fair throw at the US Trials and didn't qualify. Anderson was the 2022 World Champion, the 2023 Champion was Camryn Rogers who is also #2 on the world list, just ahead of 2019 World Champion, 2023 bronze medalist DeAnna Price.[1]
Krista Tervo, Annette Echikunwoke, Katrine Koch Jacobsen, Rogers and Price were the auto qualifiers. Włodarczyk was the last qualifier for the final with 71.06m, her fifth final.[2]
Zhao Jie started off the action with 72.20m. Rogers spun it out to 74.11m. Hanna Skydan moved into second with a 73.27m. Echikunwoke almost matched that with 73.11m. Włodarczyk proved she was still going to be a contender by throwing 73.17m. In the second round, Zhao took the lead with a throw of 74.27m. Silja Kosonen became the third over 74, though barely with a throw of 74.04m. In the third round Rogers took back the lead with a 74.47m. Five throws later, Echikunwoke pushed the competition a meter farther to 75.48m. In the fourth round, Rogers made it a lot closer, throwing 75.44m. It went to the fifth round, where Rogers got off the winner, . Włodarczyk got off a 74.23m to just miss a fourth medal in a row.[3] [4] Along with Ethan Katzberg, Canada wins both Hammer throw events at the Olympics.
The women's hammer throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 2000.
World record | 82.98[5] | Warsaw, Poland | 26 August 2016 | ||
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Olympic record | 82.29 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 15 August 2016 | ||
World leading | 79.92[6] | Tucson, United States | 20 April 2024 |
Africa (records) | 75.49 | ||
Asia (records) | 77.68 | ||
Europe (records) | 82.98 WR | ||
North, Central Americaand Caribbean (records) | 80.31 | ||
Oceania (records) | 74.61 | ||
South America (records) | 73.74 |
For the women's hammer throw event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 74.00 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[8] [9]
The qualification was held on 4 August, starting at 10:20 (UTC+2) for Group A and 11:45 (UTC+2) for Group B in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification distance or world ranking.[10]
Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Notes | |
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1 | B | Krista Tervo | x | 74.79 | 74.79 | , NR | |||
2 | A | Camryn Rogers | x | 74.69 | – | 74.69 | |||
3 | B | DeAnna Price | 72.08 | 73.79 | – | 73.79 | |||
4 | A | Annette Echikunwoke | 73.52 | – | – | 73.52 | |||
5 | B | Katrine Koch Jacobsen | 72.36 | x | 73.04 | 73.04 | |||
6 | A | Hanna Skydan | 69.58 | 69.04 | 72.55 | 72.55 | |||
7 | A | Zhao Jie | 70.78 | 72.49 | 72.24 | 72.49 | |||
8 | B | Sara Fantini | 72.40 | 69.93 | 71.08 | 72.40 | |||
9 | B | Silja Kosonen | x | 68.51 | 72.11 | 72.11 | |||
10 | B | Rosa Rodríguez | x | 67.28 | 71.76 | 71.76 | |||
11 | A | Bianca Ghelber | 71.42 | x | 71.34 | 71.42 | |||
12 | B | Anita Włodarczyk | 71.04 | 70.41 | 71.06 | 71.06 | |||
13 | A | Li Jiangyan | x | 70.54 | x | 70.54 | |||
14 | A | Erin Reese | 68.74 | 70.23 | x | 70.23 | |||
15 | A | Stephanie Ratcliffe | x | x | 70.07 | 70.07 | |||
16 | B | Nicola Tuthill | x | 68.87 | 69.90 | 69.90 | |||
17 | B | Stamatia Scarvelis | 69.38 | 66.86 | x | 69.38 | |||
18 | A | 64.13 | 68.92 | 69.12 | 69.12 | ||||
19 | A | Rose Loga | 68.94 | 63.10 | x | 68.94 | |||
20 | A | Lauren Bruce | x | 67.03 | 68.93 | 68.93 | |||
21 | A | Suvi Koskinen | 66.14 | x | 67.90 | 67.90 | |||
22 | B | Zalina Marghieva | x | 67.84 | 66.45 | 67.84 | |||
23 | A | Malwina Kopron | 65.39 | 65.65 | 67.68 | 67.68 | |||
24 | B | Vanessa Sterckendries | 67.67 | x | 64.67 | 67.67 | |||
25 | A | Zahra Tatar | 66.06 | 66.99 | 66.90 | 66.99 | |||
26 | B | Iryna Klymets | 66.95 | 66.61 | 65.70 | 66.95 | |||
27 | A | Beatrice Nedberge Llano | 66.11 | 66.92 | 64.77 | 66.92 | |||
28 | B | Wang Zheng | 66.92 | x | x | 66.92 | |||
29 | B | Oyesade Olatoye | x | 64.36 | 66.41 | 66.41 | |||
30 | B | Réka Gyurátz | x | 64.77 | 63.86 | 64.77 | |||
A | Mayra Gaviria | x | r | – | — | ||||
B | Alexandra Tavernier | x | x | x | — |
The final is scheduled to be held on 6 August, starting at 20:00 (UTC+2) in the evening.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Notes | |
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Camryn Rogers | 74.11 | x | 74.47 | 75.44 | 76.97 | x | 76.97 | ||||
Annette Echikunwoke | 73.11 | 71.45 | 75.48 | x | 73.32 | 73.56 | 75.48 | ||||
Zhao Jie | 72.90 | 74.27 | 73.95 | 72.79 | 73.88 | 71.88 | 74.27 | ||||
4 | Anita Włodarczyk | 73.17 | 72.18 | 73.13 | 73.61 | 74.23 | 69.77 | 74.23 | |||
5 | Silja Kosonen | x | 74.04 | 72.44 | x | 73.12 | 72.10 | 74.04 | |||
6 | Krista Tervo | x | 73.83 | x | 72.56 | 71.25 | x | 73.83 | |||
7 | Hanna Skydan | 73.27 | 72.48 | 71.39 | 73.66 | 72.91 | 73.27 | 73.66 | |||
8 | Rosa Rodríguez | 71.02 | 72.98 | x | 71.22 | 70.85 | x | 72.98 | |||
9 | Bianca Ghelber | x | 72.24 | 72.36 | Did not advance | 72.36 | |||||
10 | Katrine Koch Jacobsen | 71.65 | 70.64 | 71.09 | Did not advance | 71.65 | |||||
11 | DeAnna Price | x | 70.18 | 71.00 | Did not advance | 71.00 | |||||
12 | Sara Fantini | 69.20 | 69.58 | x | Did not advance | 69.58 |